Tag Archives: political poems

‘Designated Wilderness,’ by Vincent Hiscock

for No Mas Muertas [who provide direct aid to crossing migrants in the S Arizona border-region]

By Vincent Hiscock

i: water camp lunar eclipse

On the level. I couldn’t really
guess, a few random bits,
ground elements,
foreign parts arranged in a matrix.
Firepit, … Continue reading

Five Poems by Marc Olmsted

Teriyaki Land
By Marc Olmsted

Conveniently located
between Teriyaki Land and
Graveyard Tattoos, I go
to get the car smogged
in Clackamas, Oregon
– but it’s closed –
cyber Monday a holiday for some
the shy couple
exiting Fantasy Emporium
with nervous glances

Writ 2 Days After Manson … Continue reading

‘Disgrace,’ poem in translation by TS Hidalgo

Disgrace
By TS Hidalgo 

Violentos ángeles de Caravaggio
(unos locos y, contra Lucy Lurie, su arrebato apabullante:
silencio austero sobre el lomo arqueado del relámpago);
interpretación muy sui géneris, acaso lisérgica,
de la Gracia:
han empleado su fuerza para someterla.
Bienvenidos a la pantallaborrosa de un cine X.
Un … Continue reading